• Recent newspaper reports that Britain's Chief Constables are standing by recommendations that car drivers travelling at up to...

haulier in your own right? Before you can win that coveted 0-Licence you will need to pass the demanding Certificate of...

Surrey are going weekly from 6 September. BCA's David Church says the move results from the success of the fortnightly...

incident in which AA member Martin Cradick of Oxford, was refused help because his van was 381mm over the 5.5m limit for...

Schweppes plants in the UK have begun industrial action over alleged breaches of national agreements by the company.

show that the seamen's dispute has cost the company between 220 million and £30 million.

vehicles but output was up by 29% on July 1987. Production in the last six months was 11% above the previous six-month period,...

to build its 8.3-litre C-series engine in its Darlington factory. Production will start in early 1989, at up to 2,000 engines a...

• More and more operators are finding it hard to find new trucks and vans as the UK commercial vehicle market grows beyond all...

• German driver Hans George de Marwitz dominated last weekend's Silverstone truck racing meeting. His Century Oils MAN 19.292...

• Municipally owned Taff Ely Transport looks certain to be taken over by the National Welsh bus company within the next two...

• Truck drivers' lives are being threatened by dangerous roadworks, according to a Sunday Times survey. The survey claims poor...

• Several big names are among 15 haulage companies who will begin appeals this month against controversial London lorry ban...

luxury truckstop near Warrington, with swimming pool, sports hall and 100bed accommodation, will get a go-ahead. Donaldson and...

• Europe's biggest trailer rental company, TIP, is to spend £30 million on 2,000 new trailers, which will increase its fleet to...

changes: Derek Witcher is the new RHA secretary. Sydney Balgarni becomes press and public relations manager; Rodney Jenkins is...

• The Freight Transport Association has appointed David Mitchell as its distribu. tion co-ordinator. He is joining the...

• Renault Truck Industries has expanded its Midliner middleweight truck range with two new models. The 7.5and 13tonne Midliners...

• Chief Constables have recommended that drivers travelling at up to 85mph (137Iun/h) on motorways should be let off with a...

ffipped over, says the Consumers' Association, which is stepping up its campaign to suspend UK sales of the allegedly unstable...

Coachwork Conversions of Cohie, Lancashire and B Walker of Markyate, Hertfordshire will make 5,000 jig-built vans, dropside...

• Following the recent ruling from the oil company members of the Institute of Petroleum, that their contractors should remove...

• Underwoods, the west London-based chemist, has taken delivery of its first Scania truck. The 17-tonne P93MI4x2R 210 Scania...

• ERF and Seddon Atkinson have extended their truck warranty schemes. Seddon Atkinson's scheme, which is available on all of...

I Mercedes-Benz introduced four-wheel drive on/off road re and crash tender chassis his week at the 1988 fire .ghting equipment...

• Strong sales of the sixwheel Peugeot Talbot Express velfare and minibus conver;ions have led to a shortage of he Spacevan...

• A four-wheel-drive version of the SEVEL van will be available to Peugeot Talbot, Citroen and Fiat next year for the first...

• Transport Development Group directors this week cautiously welcomed "buoyant" half-year results which show a £20.4 million...

• Parcels company Securicor Group increased pre-tax profit by 30.2% to £11.69 million in the halfyear to 31 March.

distribution centre in Crick, Northampton. The warehouse offers Federal Express customers and importers bonded facilities, with...

• BRS Western is supplying Cheltenham-based aluminium extruder firm Indalex with 15 Mercedes trucks, 22 trailers and 15...

• CSL, the commercial vehicle hire and services group, is expanding its hire operation and moving into truck selling with two...

• Boalloy, which makes the famous Tautliner trailer range, has been bought by Marling Industries for 26.8 million. Marling,...

• Dawsonrentals has introduced two 8x4 30-tonne Volvo FL10 rigid tippers to its rental fleet. Both bodies, one suitable for...

• Trailer rental group TIP is moving into tanker leasing by buying Greenland Transport Equipment for £1 million — its first...

the heavier end of the market. Interlink Express Freight will carry single items of up to 500kg.

• Salford Van Hire is taking delivery of a 2500,000 order for 30 F-registration vehicles. It includes Iveco Ford Cargos, Ford...

• Newsflow, the National Freight Consortium newspaper carrier, has bought 34 Seddon Atkinson 2-11 17-tonners for its contract...

centre in Knottingley, West Yorkshire. The site is ideally-suited for the anticipated increase in east Coast traffic after...

grant from the European Regional Development Fund to build a Teesside rail container depot.

• Highway authorities should be given more powers to curb bus routes and should have more money to repair streets damaged by...

A single-decker bus lost control at Connolly train station and crashed through a ramp wall. The driver, and a woman and child...

• West Midlands Travel is investing heavily in a campaign to improve its public image. It has ordered 150 doubledeck...

• London Transport's Kingston Buses has opened a new commercial service between Kingston and Staines. Marketed as Kingfisher,...

• Luton & District is using five new Pluton Paramountbodied Leyland Tigers with reclining seats on its newly introduced Luton...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles will unveil a new midibus at this year's Birmingham motor show in October. The vehicle has no...

doubledecker Leyland Olympians. The bodies are the first to be built on Olympian chassis at Leyland Bus' Wokington plant. All...

• Overton of Wednesbury has redesigned the standard safety system for bus doors. The system automatically opens the doors if a...

The operating surplus prior to investment income fell by £51,120, giving a surplus of 262,918. These results are to be...

• An industrial tribunal has heavily criticised Leicester Citybus for allowing what it described as "syndicates" to control its...

American Bingo to transport members to bingo clubs in Indian reservations in America. These traditional red buses will take...

• Tayside Public Transport has taken delivery of two 12m Dennis Javelin chassis with Hestair Duple bodywork. The vehicles will...

• Drivers and conductors at London Buses' Upton Park Garage staged a strike on Friday 12 August, disrupting rushhour commuter...

• London Regional Transport expects to take over Victoria Coach Station from the National Bus Company "in the next four weeks"...

;eaton goes to prison • Huddersfield magistrates court threw out a series of alleged overloading offences against Special...

• A truck being delivered under trade plates should use a tachograph says Hartlepool magistrates court, which last week...

I Two South Wales coach perators and six of their drivrs were last week fined nearly 10,000 by Avon North Magis- ates for...

• Smallpack Potatoes of Morley, West Yorkshire, last week won its appeal against a charge of grossly overloading a Ford...

• Lorry driver Michael Bennett was last week fined 2500 and ordered to pay £250 prosecution costs at Leeds Crown Court for...

THE SWISS TOUCH • Veron Grauer has been appointed an agent for Constantine Wingate to deal with its groupage and full-load...

of Hiab hydraulic lorry loaders, Rosenbaur fire-fighting vehicles and Jones mobile cranes, is planning to move into new...

new depot in Barcelona, Spain. The office's address is Gran Via 49-51, 08906 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Phone...

111E RIGHT TONE • Multitone Communication Systems has launched a display pager called Tone Plus. The tone pager can...

THE DUKE OF NORFOLK • Norfolk Line's parent, Maersk Company, has expanded its freight carrying capacity with the purchase of...

The company has transferred the Siena Sailer from Holyhead to the Southern Seaway route from Fishguard to Rosslare. The...

Both freight services have a hazardous cargo facility. For freight enquiries contact Sealink on 01-387 5823.

AUSTIN ROVER • The prices of Austin Rover light commercial vehicles have increased by an average 2.6%. The new prices are:...

KEEP IT CLEAN • Tankclean is about to introduce a livery wash system to its road tanker depots around the UK. This will...

• The Granada Service Area at Leigh Delamere on the M4 has opened a new covered forecourt for commercial diesel users. The...

A survey of 500 truck drivers has resulted in Granada ordering popular truckers' equipment and these should be available...

PUMP UP THE PRESSURE • A G Pumps is now able to supply the Friedrichs range of high-pressure washer units. These portable...

cleaner, Trans-taut, for cleaning curtains of tautliners, curtainsided vehicles and tarpaulins. Trans-taut is caustic free and...

IMPROVING PROFITS • An illustrated 247 - page book, Improve Your Profits . . . Satisfying Customer, aimed at Iping businesses...

have ibl'ished a 410-page study ! . rategies for truck OEM comments in Europe. The publication aims to show lure profit...

For a copy, or further inirmation, contact the Highays Information Unit, London locklands Development Cororation, Enterprise...

and packagig) has been revised because f minor changes in import proedures with the Single Admiistrative Document. Copies re...

DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS • On Tuesday 13 September, the National Materials Handling Centre in Cranfield will hold a conference on...

A501 EUSTON ROAD • There is a temporary ban on traffic using a short length of the westbound carriageway of the A501 Euston...

replace defective waterproofing has begun. The work will affect the section of the Westway from east of the junction with the...

• After reading your article a few weeks ago (CM 9-15 June) about the severe shortage of HGV Class I drivers, I find it very...

• Peter Bottomley's efforts to persuade magistrates to raise substantially the level of penalties for overloading (CM 4-10...

• With reference to the article (CM 4-10 August) concerning the conversion of the LT50 to a tractor unit, you raised a number...

difference last week when a trailer carrying a baby elephant got a flat tyre in Portsmouth's busy city centre. 'The weight of...

which promises an end to all bus-queue misery, might sound like a dream come true. With this "bargain" residence, though,...

One week after the "Glorious Twelfth" of August, which heralds the start of the grouse shooting season, draft proposals from...

wear a "French-style uniform with flared trousers", introduced by their employer West Midlands Travel. The drivers say the...

you find yourself in need of a quick recovery service, call for former Olympic shotputter Geoff Capes. He showed the crowds at...

from John O'Groats to Land's End to raise money for the Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood Trust. He was supported by three...

tin cans, rotting wood and roken supermarket trolleys, blocks a iuiet side street. Minutes away, a busy dual carriageway as...

the blight which, though not iew, is getting out of control (CM 2-8 une 1988). Since then we have visited 3reenwich, just one...

lies beside the new A2 Rochester Road. There is some wasteland, a couple of tennis courts, a stagnant pool and a derelict site...

Greenwich has all-party backing for a crackdown on the cowboys, but Tombs, the assistant director of works, says to clear the...

Eagle Trust bought control of Trio Containers three years ago and has seen its investment boom. With construction flourishing...

Working from a caravan behind South Mimms services, Chris Morris and his gang are on the scene of motorway accidents almost...

Insurance against bad debts can mean the difference between survival or going under and it can be a useful way of obtaining a...

not entirely cribbed from an artist's impression of Dan Dare's transport n the pages of the 1950s Eagle comic, then the front...

financial director to deputy managing director of freight groupage carrier Ferrymasters. He will continue to be based at...

Tan Caunce has been promoted from regional operations manager to national operations manager, and will be responsible for all...

David Liggins is the new workshop manager of the Northampton depot and Barrie Johnson, also from TNT, takes up the...

speciality chemicals manufacturer, has appointed Andy Glover as assistant transport manager. He has been a lorry driver with...

United Transport Contract Services from Christian Salvesen as senior business development manager. He will report to UTCS...

Britain)'s new truck sales manager. He will report to Jim Lamont, general manager of the truck division. He was formerly...

for the automotive refinish division of PPG Industries (UK). He was previously field sales manager for the North, Scotland and...

manager of TNT Ipec. He has held a number of senior management positions in TNT in the UK and Europe, and has been general...

and technical director of Wasey Exhaust — the Warrington-based manufacturer of HGV and PSV silencer systems.

has appointed Stephen Joseph executive director. He presently works for the Town and Country Planning Association. The previous...

ROITH Oscar Roith has been appointed a non-executive member of the board of London Regional Transport. He joins on 1 September...